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Climbers feared dead in Tajikistan helicopter crash
Thirteen climbers and three crew members are unaccounted for after a helicopter they were travelling in had a "hard landing" in the mountains of Tajikistan, officials say.The accident happened at 17:…
Zuma-appointed chief prosecutor ordered to vacate post
South Africa's Constitutional Court ruled on Monday the appointment of the chief prosecutor, who was given his job after former president Jacob Zuma removed his predecessor, is invalid and ordered th…
Nine killed in hospital blaze in Taiwan, 15 injured
A fire at a hospital in Taiwan in the early hours of Monday killed nine people and injured 15 and an investigation has been launched into the cause of the blaze, authorities said.Premier William Lai …
Calm back at Maiduguri Airport after protest by troops
The Nigerian Army said calm has been restored at Maiduguri Airport seized for two hours on Sunday by riotous troops, that it described as ?unscrupulous".In a statement today, Colonel Onyema Nwachukwu…
Indiana man to stand trial for raping, killing and eating girlfriend
An Indiana man Joseph Oberhansley accused of raping, killing and eating parts of his ex-girlfriend's dead body is now mentally competent to stand trial, and is ready to tell the court all he knows ab…
Koreas to hold Pyongyang summit in September
North and South Korea agreed Monday to hold a summit in Pyongyang in September after high-level talks in the Demilitarized Zone that divides the peninsula.The two sides "agreed at the meeting to hold…
Spain festival collapse in Vigo injures hundreds
More than 300 people have been injured, five seriously, after a section of wooden jetty collapsed at an urban sports and music festival in Spain.The seafront platform had been packed with people watc…
Inspector General of Police recommends searching residence of sacked DSS D.G. over National Assembly blockade
The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has written a report on Tuesday's siege on the National Assembly to Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, Premium Times reported on Thursday.A copy of the re…
Mozambique imposes hefty foreign media license fee
Mozambique's government is set to introduce hefty license fees for local and foreign journalists in an apparent attempt to discourage reporting from the country.Foreign correspondents will pay $2,500…
Sudan ruling party chooses Bashir as candidate for 2020
Sudan's ruling party has chosen President Omar al-Bashir to stand for re-election in 2020, state media reported on Friday, even though the constitution allows only two five-year terms.The National Co…
Nigerian Teenage Girls Win Global Tech Competition In Silicon Valley
A team of teenage girls representing Nigeria has defeated teams from the United States of America (USA), Spain, Turkey, Uzbekistan and China to win the 2018 Technovation world pitch junior division i…
Two killed in helicopter crash
Two people were killed Friday in a helicopter crash in a mountainous region of central Japan, with the fate of seven others on board still unclear, officials said.Aerial footage broadcast on Japanese…
Trump renews attacks on NFL players after preseason protests
President Donald Trump on Friday renewed his attacks on NFL players pushing for criminal justice and other social reforms as U.S. media reported that a number of players protested during the league's…
Taliban attack strategic Afghan city of Ghazni
The Taliban have launched a major night-time assault on the Afghan city of Ghazni, a provincial capital on the key highway between Kabul and Kandahar.The militants took control of parts of the city b…
At least four people killed, one in custody in Canada shooting
At least four people were killed in a shooting in the eastern Canadian city of Fredericton and one person was taken into custody, police said on Friday.Police in Fredericton, a city of about 56,000 t…
NFL players continue to protest during national anthem as pre-season begins
The NFL pre-season got underway on Thursday night with several players staging protests during the national anthem.Two Philadelphia Eagles players raised their fists ahead of their pre-season loss of…
Two banks, Police station attcaked by armed robbers, kill 10
Armed robbers killed at least 10 people, including a policeman, when they raided a police station and two banks in southern Nigeria, police said Friday.The incident, which took place on Thursday in I…
Two Germans held in France over flooded youth campground
Two Germans who brought a group of teenagers to a campsite in southern France, where an elderly man was swept away by floods, were held for questioning Friday after it emerged that the site was off-l…
Ex-Thai Buddhist monk jailed 114 years for fraud
A criminal court in Bangkok on Thursday sentenced a former Thai Buddhist monk who provoked outrage with his lavish lifestyle to 114 years in prison for fraud, money laundering and computer crimes.Wir…
Saudi-led air strikes in Yemen kills dozens including children on a bus
Dozens of people, many of them children, have been killed or wounded in a Saudi-led coalition air strike in rebel-held northern Yemen.The bus was travelling through Dahyan market in Saada province at…